Ambulette Catches Fire In Levittown Shopping Center

LEVITTOWN, NY - An ambulette caught fire while parked in front of an optometrist office in a Levittown shopping center late Thursday morning.

Police and firefighters rushed to the scene of an ambulette fire at around 10:45AM. Emergency services responded to 3375 Hempstead Turnpike, a shopping center with multiple businesses after the vehicle caught on fire while parked in front of America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses. Initial reports said that there was a person in a wheelchair trapped inside the ambulette, but they were able to exit before flames engulfed the whole van.

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Firefighters battled the fire to prevent it from spreading to the building that the van was parked in front of. Nearby businesses were evacuated as a precaution. The optometrist office was ventilated by firefighters due to heavy smoke that accumulated inside.

There were no reported injuries from the fire.